SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

In particular, the integration of Shopify CRM, about which you may read here [link] , is turning out to be an important tactic for businesses that aspire to harmonize their supply chain operations with timely customer insight, personalized service, and elastic fulfillment. Check out this course by Vera Rozanova!

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Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization 76

Procurement Insights

JUNE 6, 2024

To what degree does a breakdown or inefficiency at one point have a ripple effect through the other E2E touchpoints? So, how much supply chain visibility is “too much visibility” in relation to what happens at some unseen point down the chain?

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

Discover Ways to Boost Supply Chain Visibility through Digital Marketing Supply chain visibility is essential for providing a superior customer experience and sustaining customer loyalty over time. Customers face significant frustrations that erode brand trust and sales without supply chain visibility.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The Role of Agentic AI in Supply Chains Supply chains are dynamic and complex, requiring continuous decision-making across multiple functions, from procurement and inventory management to logistics and demand forecasting. Helps businesses drive cost savings and mitigate procurement risks.

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ivalua

JUNE 11, 2019

If you live in a city, state or country, which everybody does, your life and the lives of your family and friends is impacted directly by Procurement. No, I’m not referring to the Procurement department of your company (although, if Ivalua has anything to do about it, there are lots of interesting things happening there too).

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Like it or not, Procurement and Supply teams are in the midst of a digital revolution that looks set only to advance. So whats the challenge for Procurement, and why is it tougher for Procurement than many other functions (like HR or Finance) to make tech work for them? Time and resources can also be a stopping point.

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Pipefy

APRIL 22, 2025

If youre in procurement or supply chain, chances are youve wondered: How can I rethink this process, make smarter decisions, and still save time? Procurement automation. But with procurement automation, things become faster, connected, and smarter. The growing answer among forward-thinking companies? Lets take a look.

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Procurement Tactics

MAY 22, 2023

18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Integrated Logistics — What You Should Know Integrated logistics is gaining popularity throughout the years to the point of replacing the traditional logistics concepts. However, what is it?

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 25, 2025

PME is not only an opportunity to warm up the market but also ensuring that any issued RFP can be met, specifications and conditions are fit for purpose and the opportunity to add innovation into the procurement and Contract and Supplier management process.” Here’s how: 1.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 24, 2025

By the time I have finished writing this article, and certainly before it is published, the situation will have changed. One is reminded of the Chinese proverb, Better to be a dog in times of tranquility than a human in times of chaos. Procurement must adjust accordingly. And insight is what we got, in spades.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 27, 2025

AdaptOne could provide significant value to Byrne Dairy , a food and beverage company, by optimizing and digitizing its procurement operations particularly in supplier management , compliance tracking , and procurement workflow visibility. Impact: Centralized procurement ecosystem, data consistency, and reduced duplication.

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TYA Suite

MAY 23, 2025

The answer often lies in disconnected systems, manual workflows, and a lack of visibility between procurement and finance teams. Procure to pay automation addresses these issues by digitizing and streamlining the entire cycle, from to invoice payment. Once a purchase request is submitted, it enters an automated approval process.

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2022

To stay ahead of all of these risk factors and changing demands, organizations need to discard their linear supply chain models and embrace an autonomous, end-to-end connected ecosystem. The financial benefits include greater profitability, reduced costs, accelerated time-to-market, and faster time-to-delivery. .

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SCMDOJO

MAY 23, 2025

By embedding analytics across logistics, sourcing, and fulfillment, businesses gain the visibility and foresight needed to stay competitive.Analytics-driven leadership is no longer a luxury; it’s the foundation of operational survival in todays volatile business environment. Analytics allows organizations to move beyond intuition.

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Leadership Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain 54

Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

While many manufacturers rely on ERP systems for procurement, these platforms are designed for broad business management rather than the intricate demands of sourcing, supplier collaboration, and cost control in a manufacturing environment. This capability minimizes downtime and maximizes resource utilization.

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Pipefy

JUNE 5, 2024

This approach to taking your business to the next level often involves end-to-end (E2E) processes to deliver solutions. This guide examines the benefits, challenges, and major steps of implementing these processes and includes real-world examples. What is an end-to-end process?

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 10, 2024

Just 1% of respondents to a poll Procurement Leaders conducted at the World Procurement Congress said they have “excellent” multi-tier visibility of the supply base. In real terms, this translates to three of those who responded to our poll claiming they had “cracked the code” of supply chain transparency.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

These four steps constitute the downstream procure-to-pay part of the process. Optimizing source-to-paythrough digital transformation streamlines every stage of your procurement strategy, improving visibility, efficiency, and collaboration. These begin with enhanced visibility. Getting buy in is essential.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 2, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: Chevron was IN NO WAY involved with the following assessment, although I think they will find it to be an interesting read because it leverages their known capabilities and aligns them with my prior research and discussions on procurement efficiency, Shared Services, and Hansens RAM principles.

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TYA Suite

MAY 13, 2025

This is where operational procurement proves its true value. But what exactly does procurement operations mean, and why is it so important? In this blog, well explore the true meaning of operational procurement, how it supports core business functions, and the impact it can have on overall performance.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 8, 2023

Bonus PDF: 51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download 51 Prompts →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Inventory Management — Everything You Should Know Inventory management enables companies to ensure that they always have enough stock to fulfill customer orders. However, what is it?

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TYA Suite

MAY 23, 2025

Managing a successful supply chain requires more than just ensuring products are delivered on time its about building strong, effective partnerships with your suppliers. Improved efficiency and cost reduction A company's operations, efficiency, and lead times can be greatly improved via strong cooperation with its suppliers.

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Spend Matters

AUGUST 28, 2023

At the same time, the importance and criticality of services spend for organizations hasn’t shrunk (on the contrary …) nor the need to address typical challenges and hurdles inherent to complex service categories: inefficient processes, lack of control and low spend visibility.

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Procurement Tactics

JULY 20, 2023

Procurement Strategy Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. Sustainable Procurement Maintain high profitability while moving toward sustainability 4. ChatGPT & AI Use ChatGPT to automate procurement processes 5. Negotiation Course Learn from industry experts who negotiated billion $ deals 2.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 1, 2025

Unlike end-to-end Source-to-Pay (S2P) platforms (e.g., Evidence: Hansens RAM philosophy (Procurement Insights, 2025) advocates lean tools ($1M-$5M savings) over bloated suites ($10M-$20M), aligning with this efficiency. sourcing, supplier management, invoicing). Beroe for intelligence, Keelvar for auctions) as priorities shift.

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Una

AUGUST 30, 2022

The Disruptive Power of Digital Procurement. For old-school procurement professionals , going digital may simply mean moving away from paper-based processes. Digital procurement game-changers. Procurement Automation: 5 Tasks You Should be Automating. Digital enablement in procurement starts with data.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In times of pressure and crisis , highly responsive and trustworthy suppliers make agility possible. Following widely-known standards keeps your vendor options open so you’re not locked into sourcing from a small pool of specialty suppliers that can negatively impact time to market.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 18, 2024

“Supply chain visibility refers to the ability to track and monitor products, materials, and information as they move through the various stages of a supply chain, from the sourcing of raw materials to the delivery of the final product to the end consumer. Keep that in mind.

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ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

As part of Ivalua’s journey to bridge the gap between Finance and Procurement, Ivalua has partnered with TransferMate to reduce the financial friction within cross-border trade. By removing the friction in global supply chains, for the first time, the payment and the sourcing event are seamlessly linked.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Spend Matters is publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and services providers in the market. Today, for procurement organizations too, applying an AI-first approach has become imperative, especially in the source-to-pay process.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 21, 2025

Hansens agent-based Metaprise Model directly addresses the core concerns of Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) by combining human-AI collaboration, real-time adaptability, and ecosystem-wide integration. Continuous Learning: AI agents refine workflows using real-time market data, closing gaps in analytics and automation.

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ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

Similar to how CRM manages everything around the customer, an S2P platform manages everything around the supplier. ​ It is a crucial process for organizations that are looking to streamline their procurement activities, better manage spend and suppliers and increase operational efficiency. What is Source-to-Pay?

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Spend Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Compliance and risk management is a growing and interesting use case of GenAI for procurement, finance and, of course, legal operations. And those risk factors can change at any time; it’s a very dynamic landscape. To do proper risk management, you need to have a lot of information, and you need it in real time.”

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For procurement professionals, keeping pace with new technology and understanding the changes that come with it – while adapting their systems and workers – is crucial if they want to stay competitive in today’s fast-paced, unpredictable global economy. That alone increases efficiency,” he continued.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Now, sourcing and procurement professionals are reaping the rewards of such automation: streamlining workflows, boosting the bottom line and finding efficiencies. This helps reduce errors to improve data quality and response times to questions, which improves customer and supplier satisfaction.

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Una

MAY 11, 2023

Building a Procurement Function From Scratch With the right approach, building a procurement function from scratch can create streamlined and efficient processes that deliver real value to your organization. Defining your goals and objectives will help you create a roadmap for building your procurement function.

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Procurement Real-time Visibility e2e Purchasing 98

TYA Suite

MAY 23, 2025

72% of procurement leaders say vendor data is scattered across tools, emails, and spreadsheets. This statistic shows a real and common problem in many companies today. This makes it hard for procurement teams to find what they need quickly, and even harder to manage vendors in a smooth, professional way.

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